Human Rights Campaign

On Sunday, Transgender Day of Remembrance will honor transgender individuals in the Hampton Roads area and across the country who have been targeted by hate crimes or killed because of their gender identity, and raise awareness and visibility of the transgender community.

The event is being hosted by Access AIDS and the LGBT Center of Hampton Roads from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Hampton Roads Convention Center.

According to the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation's website, transgender is an umbrella term for people whose gender identity or expression is different from what is typically associated with how they are assigned at birth.

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